Watch: Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again/in /by
A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants
Vaping: How do you quit e-cigarettes?/in /by
It can get you off tobacco - but what do you do when you want to say bye to your e-cig?
What does good look like for APIs?/in /by

Matthew Firth describes our best practice policies around APIs – and how the most important one is not about the technical aspects of the work.

For the past 3 years, we have been on a mission to make integration easier within the NHS for people building healthcare technology.

James Philliskirk: Concerns dismissed before sepsis, say parents/in /by
James Philliskirk died after Sheffield Children's Hospital had diagnosed him with chicken pox.
Clinical trials get faster/in /by

For International Clinical Trials Day, James Gray, NHS DigiTrials Service Delivery Manager, talks about the new Feasibility Self-Service tool that drastically cuts the time it takes researchers to find out if there are enough potential participants for their clinical trial.

“In the time it takes to make a coffee.”

That was the challenge we set ourselves early in the creation of the NHS DigiTrials Feasibility Self-Service tool. And it was a big one: it meant giving users the ability to securely interrogate national datasets containing millions and millions of records in less than 5 minutes.

An easy way to register with a GP surgery/in /by

Dr Shanker Vijay, GP and Digital First Lead for London, explains why he is championing the national ‘Register with a GP surgery’ service and talks about improvements to the service.

It should be quick and simple for a patient to register with a GP surgery, but often it isn’t. Having worked in many GP surgeries, I’ve seen both patients and practice staff struggle with the process, leading to a poor experience for all. This can vary from patients being daunted when faced with dated, confusing and lengthy paper registration forms to busy practice staff having to find the time to deal with new registrations amongst all their other tasks.

Covid global health emergency is over, WHO says/in /by
Close to 20 million people are likely to have died during the last three years, says the WHO.